Every opiate painkiller---say, Percocet, Vicodin, or good old-fashioned morphine---is born from the bulbous green fruit of the opium poppy plant. Sown in spring, the poppy blooms by early summer in ...

The media often uses the words "opioid" and "opiate" interchangeably. However, there are subtle but important differences between them. The media often uses the words "opioid" and "opiate" ...

A baby is born addicted to opiates every 15 minutes in the United States. These newborns are jittery, their muscles are tense, and they struggle to eat. The Food and Drug Administration has no ...

Opiates are amazing. They make dentistry not a horror movie, make a broken bone something you can tolerate while waiting in the ER, and kept your great-grandpop from going into shock after being ...

Opiate drugs and medications — such as morphine, heroin, and codeine — can be detected in a urine test up to 3 days after use. The words “opiate” and “opioid” are used interchangeably, but they’re not ...

Along with teaching and telling stories, part of my goal here is to get important information out to those who can benefit most from it. Most drug users who quit "cold turkey" have to go through ...

Sedation rapid opiate detox treatment is for motivated patients who want to live free of all opiates without substituting Suboxone or Methadone. Acute withdrawals are the main reason why such patients ...

The nation's top federal health agency urged doctors to avoid prescribing powerful opiate painkillers for patients with chronic pain, saying the risks from such drugs far outweigh the benefits for ...

A recent study published in the European Heart Journal reveals that using illicit drugs can increase atrial fibrillation risk. Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac disease characterized by rapid ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

Jeff Allison dreamed a year ago of leaping quickly from first-round draft choice for the Florida Marlins to National League All-Star. Instead, he sank sadly from a prescription drug addiction to a ...